You guys. This Roasted Cheddar Cauliflower will blow your mind! Sharp white cheddar melted all over roasted cauliflower, doesn’t get better than that!
TO Make This Roasted Cheddar Cauliflower You Will Need:
- cauliflower
- warm bacon fat
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- white cheddar
Because I had a huge cauliflower in the fridge.
I also had this yummy Kerrygold cheddar and I needed a vessel to get it to my mouth, and pronto.
Who doesn’t keep bacon fat in their fridge?
And all good recipes are seasoned simply with salt and pepper.
Now let’s roast some cauliflower shall we?
Start by removing as much of the core as you can.
Then, one by one, slice off the cauliflower florets. There could very well be an easier way to do this… So just do whatever way you know best!
Trim any large ones and toss all of them into a large bowl.
Drizzle with 2 tablespoons warmed bacon fat. Why bacon fat? Well, sometimes I just wanna switch things up, and plus bacon fat is yummy!
Season the cauliflower with sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper, then stick them in the preheated 450° oven and roast until tender, about 18-20 minutes.
After they’ve roasted, scoot them into the center of the sheet pan.
Top with 1 cup of freshly grated yummy Kerrygold cheddar cheese and place back into the oven until melted, about 2-3 minutes or so.
Once the cheddar is melted toss around to get all the cauliflower covered with cheese.
Try to resist from snagging a few. Wait, never mind, go ahead! It’s pretty impossible to resist.
These are delicious. Truly.
Roasted and cheddary (which is so not a word) cauliflowery deliciousness!
The Roasted Cheddar Cauliflower definitely rounds out a steak dinner, but the cauliflower works next to pretty much anything. I love them. A lot.
Enjoy! And if you give this Roasted Cheddar Cauliflower recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Roasted Cheddar Cauliflower
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower, cored and cut into medium florets
- 2 tablespoons bacon fat, warmed
- 2 pinches kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup grated white cheddar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450°.
- In a large bowl toss the cauliflower florets with the two tablespoons of bacon fat.
- Scatter the florets on a rimmed sheet pan {preferably aluminum}, and season with sea salt and pepper. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes, tossing halfway through.
- Finally scoot the cauliflower to center of sheet and top with the cup of grated cheddar.
- Return to oven and cook until cheese melts, about 2 minutes. Toss again before serving.
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Hellooooooo cauliflower!!
This looks so good..bookmarking!
Yum – this looks wonderful!!
Cauliflower roasted as exquisitely as this is deserves that Kerrygold cheese on it!! YUM! Perfect vessel for getting the cheese into your mouth 🙂
This is the perfect side dish to that beautiful steak. I love roasting veggies and adding cheese is a wonderful addition. Yummy!
I LOVE cheesy cauliflower! So Good!
Besides, steak, we love cauliflower. Roasting it is my favorite way to enjoy it. Who knew that adding bacon fat could be so delicious? My husband is a bacon fanatic. Healthy? Well, sometimes we just have to throw caution to the wind and enjoy! Nice photos!
Roasted cauliflower?? Yes please!….
Roasted cauliflower with cheese??? Heck yes!!!!
yummy….
oh yum, that looks fantastic.
you are amazing! yummm
YUMMY! i picked up that exact cheese at the store last week and i'm in LOVE! this looks amazing.
cheese and cauliflower are just meant to be together. that looks like a hell of a meal!
I find this to be the best way to prepare veggies of any kind :)!
I second that Amen! What simply wonderful recipe. Just like you! Have a great weekend, Laurie!!
I love roasted veggies! The cheese is great too!
I am not a a big fan of cauliflower, but I have never had it roasted. I wonder if I would like it this way? I love roasted veggies SO much, I think I am going to try it.
Wow – that cauliflower sounds amazing! Bacon grease and roasting it – oh my. Who needs the steak?!
I LOVE roasted cauliflower! It's so good by itself and with the cheddar on top, it's got to be to die for 🙂
ummm more please? fantastic! you have such a way of taking simple ingredients and making genius dishes out of them…
This is amazing! I love creamy cauliflower and cheese, but this sounds even better. Must find myself a cauliflower, stat!
Kerrygold is seriously the best cheddar cheese ever! YUM!
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I came here for healthy cauliflower, and was distracted by red meat! This sounds like a great side dish, Im going to have to sneak this in and see if the BF picks around an entire tray of cauliflower.
Yes. Please. This looks incredible!
We love roasted cauliflower…even the kids. The bacon fat and cheese just put it over the top with Y-U-M. Wow!
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